Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-17
DAILY HERALD.
GUILTY AS CHARGED.
william Williams to be
Imprisoned for Life.
VERDICT. OF THE JURY.
We will be Sentenced on Saturday
Morning by Judge
Cheney.
VERDICT. OF THE JURY.

Yesterday morning crowd OF
eager listeners again filled Judge
Cheney's Court to hear the continual
ton of Williams trial. Shortly after
$50 A. M. the jury was sworn.
Officer l.. G. Lumis was sworn, and
testified as follows: l am police otti-
Ger in this city. have known
Williams since June 9th. l went to
his house, on the corner OF Alameda
and Second streets. found him and
a man named MCGOWAN there. When
first went into the house his wife
told me that Williams had threatened
to kill her. Williams asked her
what she was going to do, and she
said. to have him locked up as he had
threatened to shoot her. He said he
was only joking, and if she would let
him off he would never do it again.
Mrs. Williams was at the house when
Isrrived there. saw no children.
OFFICER W. C. ROBERTS
Then took the stand and testified:
am a police officer in this city.
know William Williams. l remember
Mrs. Williams coming to the police
station and complaining of Williams
and another man entering the house
and turning them out of their bed.
sent two officers to the house, and was
cautioned by the woman that If sent
only ono Williams would kill him.
Captain Tyler was the Captain OF Pc
lice at that time. Twas in charge oil
the office, and this circumstance &C.
CURED during the night.
ANNIE WEBER,
The little girl who testified to the muir.
der of her mother, was again placed
on the stand, and was more composed
than on the former occasion. She said
I do not remember when Mr.. and Mrs
Williams were married. During the
last two or three years he has beer
growing and fighting with her all the
time. Once since last Christmas he
tried to kill her with knife, but l die
not see it. My mother was in the
house and was outside. came ou
when he went in. There we're one Of
two men with him. My mother rar
out screaming, and me and my little
brother and sister went with her tt
the police station.
Cross-examined = Jim McGoverI
was one of the men who broke lamp
in the house one night prior to the
time Williams attempted to kill hel
with the knife. The house contained
four rooms.
P. A. REEL
Was next sworn and testified am 6
police officer in this city. l received
the telephone message that Williams
wife was killed about midnight.
went to Alameda and Second street.
and found that the woman was dead
Two ladies and couple of gentlemen
were there. l notified the Corone
and at once started after the man.
tracked him from the spot where hi
had committed the deed, by the ligh
of the electric light down to Seventh
street, when the light went out and
could not see the tracks. l found the
tracks were Williams because his
boots correspondent with the tracks
1t was Saturday night and l saw him
on Sunday morning.
Cross.examined = I followed the
tracks for about two blocks. The
electric light from the Santa Fe depot
and candle formed the light by
which 1 tracked the footprints, but
examined them and am sure they cor
responded with the footprints as they
were worn down on the inside and
heel and formed a peculiar print
Witness identified the revolver and
said he got it from Mrs. Devine. II
was British bull dog, self-cocking.
MRS. ELLEN DEvINE
Was next sworn, and testified:
live on the corner Of Fourth and
Spring streets now. 1 lived on the
corner of Pine and Grand avenue al
the time of the murder. l know
Williams and saw him. He came
into our house crying. l asked him
whether he had been drinking. He
said, IT shot her last night, but Goo
knows it went off accidentally" He
also said the mornings sun would
never shine on him, as he would kill
himself. My son telephoned to the
police station while was preparing a
meal for Williams. He asked Mr.
Devine for drink, and Devine went
out for it. Williams was the same as
had always seen him. He might
have might have had one or two
glasses of beer, but was not drunk,
but terribly excited. He had pistol
which he showed to Mr.. Devine. /
asked him to give it to me to keep for
him, which he did. handed it over
to the officer. Williams said he had
killed her, but never meant to do it.
Cross-examined-lt was about noon
on Sunday that he came to my house.
In answer to the Judge, Mrs. De-
vine stated that she was sick on Tues
day and could not attend. Her hus-
band had gone to San Bernardino to
see man who had been hurt on the
motor road, and she expected to see
him turn up at any time. His Honor
issued an attachment for his arrest
ana liked the ball at $5O0.
ANNIE WEBER
recalled, stated that the time of the
trouble about the knife man named
John Slater was there. This closed
the case for the prosecution. For the
defense
JAMES MCGOWAN
was placed on the stand and testified
as follows: 81 know Williams and
have known him ten years. was in
his house last June when his wife
made complaint against Williams
and myself and had us arrested.
Williams and l were together that
evening. He told me he had room
to rent. 1 went with him and the
little boy was the only one there. l
went to bed. At 1890 two officers
came and arrested us. Judge Austin
let me go next morning and fined
Williams. We slept together in a
double bed at Williams house. ]